BOXING legend Smokin' Joe Frazier has died after a short bout with liver cancer, aged 67.

Philly's favourite son reigned as undisputed heavyweight champ during the division's toughest era, won gold at the 1964 Rome Olympics and slugged it out with bitter rival Muhammad Ali in an epic trilogy that started with the brutal "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden in 1971 and ended four years later with the savage "Thrilla in Manilla".

The AFL should do the humane thing and put International Rules out of its misery after the second and final test tonight on the Gold Coast tonight. It has no relevance and I think it's more like International Snooze than International Rules.

Surely this is the dumbest rule in world sport!! Aussie Brad Wing was denied a touchdown for celebrating early. You need to watch this for yourself and make your own mind up. I think it's stupid and feel a bit bad for the Aussie who is making a real go of it in College Football.

Former Pakistan cricket captain Salmon Butt and fellow Pakistani quick Mohammad Asif have been found guilty over night in the Southwark Crown Court of match fixing. I believe any player caught deliberately conspiring to change the outcome of a match, whether they succeed at changing the match or not, should not pass go, should not collect $200 and be sent directly to jail. Congratulations Southwark Crown Court!!

Warwick, you’re fired!

And with those three words, minted finance guru Mark Bouris pretty much fired everybody on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia, including himself.

Verbal diarrhoea is a painful social affliction whereby its sufferers just won’t shut the hell up. It annoys and alienates victims who will desperately look for any excuse to get away from a dizzying full-frontal attack. But there’s no escape from the comfy surroundings of your own home on a Sunday night when you just want to plonk yourself on the lounge in front of the telly, relax and unwind before the working week ahead.

The Mad Chatter recently got up at all hours of the morning to watch The Jackie Robinson Story on community station TVS.

Let's face it, the only reason anybody watches the grand final “entertainment” is to see an epic disaster. This week marks the twentieth anniversary of perhaps the biggest horror show involving song, dance and choreography ever seen at a major sporting event.

It's probably no surprise after reading the title of this blog that I am not in favour of the proposed changes to poker machine laws in Australia. I'll outline my reasons below but before I get stuck into it, I will acknowledge that problem gamblers do create problems, but I don't believe controlling those in control in the answer.

Nobody saw that coming, least of all Mark Harvey and the St. Kilda Football Club.